5 Ways Toys Help Your Child Learn

Learning Benefits

Hover over each Learning Benefit below for a detailed explanation.

Problem Solving

Creativity

Motor Skills

Social Skills

Toys aren't all fun and games — they're critical for your child's healthy development! As she makes her way from blocks to books to crayons to teddy bears, your child is building pre-academic skills such as:

Problem-solving. Nature-based activities such as making mudpies and digging in the sandbox, help your child become an experimenter and investigator. Blocks, and anything your child can separate into groups, also encourage both manipulation (good for motor-skill development) and categorization.